Outside opinions needed...Roommate Wars 2010

[EL PRESIDENTE]

you're at home too much. should only be for sleeping and fucking.

they're already both whipped, live the single life!

 

[mook]

Next time just ask point blank, "Hey, you guys cook such great-smelling stuff. Let's make a deal for tonight--you make it and I'll do the dishes." I cook a lot and I know I wouldn't refuse that offer. Doing dishes sucks.

Once you do that, you're sort of entitled to snack on leftovers for that meal. Do it a few times and suddenly nobody can remember which meals you helped on and which you didn't. Then all leftovers are fair game.

Man, I can't imagine living with somebody for that long and have these kind of issues hanging out there.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

I dont think it my place to ASK to be invited....I mentioned it twice a while back that Im down to chip in on groceries, he knows Im interested...Im not gonna force anybody to be "nice"....Ive come to realize my roommate is selfish, I just try to ignore it.

Example: When he had an HIS LCD tv in the livingroom he would claim it as if he was a 5 year old. I would be watching tv in the living room and he would just grab the remote without saying the word and change the channel. I'd say wtf and he would rationalize it by saying its his TV so he can use it whenever he wants.

He amazingly also pulled this shit when 4+ mutual friends were over to watch a Laker game. When I put the Dodger game on the 32" tube TV (yes, 2 tvs in living room) so we could start the lakers game we had already delayed for an hour on tivo he freaked out. "My TV and I want to watch the dodger game! on MY TV"

150+ times a year he would watch a full 3+ hour Dodger game and then play another 4+ hours of video game baseball.

I finally got a bigger LCD to justify taking his out of the living room so I can watch TV in my own fucking house.

When he had thrown those temper tantrums in the past I told him "fine, take over YOUR TV but sit on the fucking floor (I own the furniture)

you should be taping this shit.

 

[mook]

If I were you I'd move out. It's pretty tough to live with anybody for that long. Add in a bitchy passive aggressive roommate girlfriend and it's completely untenable. Is the place you're living in so much better than anything else you can find?

Didn't you have cat shit odor wafting up into your apartment last summer? Are you looking forward to another summer of that too?

 

[DaRizzle]

If I were you I'd move out. It's pretty tough to live with anybody for that long. Add in a bitchy passive aggressive roommate girlfriend and it's completely untenable. Is the place you're living in so much better than anything else you can find?

Didn't you have cat shit odor wafting up into your apartment last summer? Are you looking forward to another summer of that too?

lol...

They lady with the cat is moving out at the end of the month....thats also the same lady who had the dog that barks ALL DAY (had a video of that in a thread too, lol)

If anybody is moving out its him....my parents own the apartment complex

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

I thought darizzle or his fam owned the place?

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

ah yes...see. EL PRESIDENTE never forgets.

 

[Rodolfo]

I dont think it my place to ASK to be invited....I mentioned it twice a while back that Im down to chip in on groceries, he knows Im interested...Im not gonna force anybody to be "nice"....Ive come to realize my roommate is selfish, I just try to ignore it.

Example: When he had an HIS LCD tv in the livingroom he would claim it as if he was a 5 year old. I would be watching tv in the living room and he would just grab the remote without saying the word and change the channel. I'd say wtf and he would rationalize it by saying its his TV so he can use it whenever he wants.

He amazingly also pulled this shit when 4+ mutual friends were over to watch a Laker game. When I put the Dodger game on the 32" tube TV (yes, 2 tvs in living room) so we could start the lakers game we had already delayed for an hour on tivo he freaked out. "My TV and I want to watch the dodger game! on MY TV"

150+ times a year he would watch a full 3+ hour Dodger game and then play another 4+ hours of video game baseball.

I finally got a bigger LCD to justify taking his out of the living room so I can watch TV in my own fucking house.

When he had thrown those temper tantrums in the past I told him "fine, take over YOUR TV but sit on the fucking floor (I own the furniture)

I had a roommate that would play Halo at 1 in the morning(I often had to be up at 5am) with 16 neighborhood kids in the basement. Kids banging on the air vents knowing that I was trying to sleep. It was a total fucking joke looking back on it. Me in the basement screaming at 14 year olds.

 

[DaRizzle]

ah yes...see. EL PRESIDENTE never forgets.

look at the big brains on Brad!

...and if you are wondering El Pres, my friend at you met at the POR/LAC game last year isnt my roommate, but he does post on here occasionally (ElCap15)....he is gonna stumble on this thread soon enough and laugh his ass off

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

look at the big brains on Brad!

...and if you are wondering El Pres, my friend at you met at the POR/LAC game last year isnt my roommate, but he does post on here occasionally (ElCap15)....he is gonna stumble on this thread soon enough and laugh his ass off

ah, I thought he was that L*ker troll guy that would post here after losses.

 

[DaRizzle]

I had a roommate that would play Halo at 1 in the morning(I often had to be up at 5am) with 16 neighborhood kids in the basement. Kids banging on the air vents knowing that I was trying to sleep. It was a total fucking joke looking back on it. Me in the basement screaming at 14 year olds.

wtf...how old were you and your roommate at the time? why the hell were they banging on air vents?!?! Just to purposely be dicks to you

 

[DaRizzle]

ah, I thought he was that L*ker troll guy that would post here after losses.

I know who ur talking about but forget that posters name....not him

 

[barfo]

If I were you I'd move out. It's pretty tough to live with anybody for that long. Add in a bitchy passive aggressive roommate girlfriend and it's completely untenable. Is the place you're living in so much better than anything else you can find?

Didn't you have cat shit odor wafting up into your apartment last summer? Are you looking forward to another summer of that too?

Hear hear! I just read through this whole thread waiting for someone to say "move out!". You aren't married to him or her. Give them the apt and go find someplace better. Edit: Ok, I see you own the place. Time to serve the eviction notice.

barfo

 

[Rodolfo]

wtf...how old were you and your roommate at the time? why the hell were they banging on air vents?!?! Just to purposely be dicks to you

We were in our mid 20's. My roommate actually slapped one of the kids in the face for being intentionally loud....and I haven't had a roommate since

 

[DaRizzle]

Hear hear! I just read through this whole thread waiting for someone to say "move out!". You aren't married to him or her. Give them the apt and go find someplace better. Edit: Ok, I see you own the place. Time to serve the eviction notice.

barfo

ive just learned to deal with his idiosyncrasies....The food thing isnt THAT big of a deal, I just wanted opinions on if Im expecting too much. Now that he has his TV and PS3 in his room I dont have to deal with him watching/playing baseball on the living room TV for 5+ hours a night during the baseball season..


Fuck I hate baseball with a passion...Id rather watch paint dry


Also...I dont want to interview/ have to live with a stranger

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

Buy 3 lobsters. Cook all 3, eat one in front of them, and leave the other two on the counter until they mold.

success!

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

ive just learned to deal with his idiosyncrasies....The food thing isnt THAT big of a deal, I just wanted opinions on if Im expecting too much. Now that he has his TV and PS3 in his room I dont have to deal with him watching/playing baseball on the living room TV for 5+ hours a night during the baseball season..


Fuck I hate baseball with a passion...Id rather watch paint dry


Also...I dont want to interview/ have to live with a stranger

why not just live by yourself. its awesome.

 

[mook]

ive just learned to deal with his idiosyncrasies....The food thing isnt THAT big of a deal, I just wanted opinions on if Im expecting too much. Now that he has his TV and PS3 in his room I dont have to deal with him watching/playing baseball on the living room TV for 5+ hours a night during the baseball season..


Fuck I hate baseball with a passion...Id rather watch paint dry


Also...I dont want to interview/ have to live with a stranger

Is a stranger likely to be much worse than what you have now? I had probably a dozen strangers for roommates at various times when I was in my twenties, and I can't think of one that was as much of an immature dick as your friend sounds. A number of them were pretty goddamn awesome.

Kick those two bastards out. Then go on Craigslist. Write an ad that has your personality in it. Say that only other douchey Lakers fans like you need reply. At least you'll have that in common.

The nice thing about strangers is that it'll usually take 'em 6 months before they say bullshit things like "hey, it's my tv!" They may never do it if they know they are living in your parents' complex.

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

You're a Laker fan... you're always wrong.

+1


Rep'd.

 

[Ed O]

why not just live by yourself. its awesome.

No doubt. I can't IMAGINE having a roomie. Unless it was one that I was having hot heterosexual sex with on a regular basis.

Of course, I'm old and set in my ways.

But if your parents own the place, have them hook you up!

Ed O.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

The only reason to live with other dudes is if you just got out of college and want to live in a kick ass party house for a few years. after that, its kind of lame I would imagine.

 

[Natebishop3]

Is a stranger likely to be much worse than what you have now? I had probably a dozen strangers for roommates at various times when I was in my twenties, and I can't think of one that was as much of an immature dick as your friend sounds. A number of them were pretty goddamn awesome.

Kick those two bastards out. Then go on Craigslist. Write an ad that has your personality in it. Say that only other douchey Lakers fans like you need reply. At least you'll have that in common.

The nice thing about strangers is that it'll usually take 'em 6 months before they say bullshit things like "hey, it's my tv!" They may never do it if they know they are living in your parents' complex.

Fuckin' A!

When I lived in LA I had two roommates, didn't know either one of them...

I think it's expected down there. I don't know how people would survive without craigslist.

Strangers are much less likely to eat your food. Strangers are much less likely to take your things. They're much less likely to be loud or invasive.... and here's the best part..... you are much more likely to be truthful and honest with a stranger if they are pissing you off. I've lived with friends and I've lived with strangers. Living with friends sucks ass. It's much harder to be honest and set guidelines. Strangers expect it. "This is my shit on this shelf, don't touch it."

 

[The_Lillard_King]

ive just learned to deal with his idiosyncrasies....The food thing isnt THAT big of a deal, I just wanted opinions on if Im expecting too much. Now that he has his TV and PS3 in his room I dont have to deal with him watching/playing baseball on the living room TV for 5+ hours a night during the baseball season..


Fuck I hate baseball with a passion...Id rather watch paint dry


Also...I dont want to interview/ have to live with a stranger

Talk to your parents about being the manager of the complex. Collect the rent, call handy man to fix broken stuff . . . and get your rent for free so you can live alone. Once you live by yourself, it's hard to go back.

 

[drexlersdad]

you gotta tell him to start paying his girls share of the rent.

or better yet!

next time she comes over make sure you are LOUDLY drinking shots and beers with as many chicks as you can persuade to come over. and repeat until she refuses to come over anymore.

i had a roomate who kinda did the same thing, i told him straight up i wanted extra money if she was staying the night all the time. christmas morning im opening presents with my kid and she comes up the stairs all "oh he said for me to meet him here" and goes into his room, i nearly kicked the door down lol, get the fuck out.

if it is your house, set some damn rules. if not, deal with it or move out.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

do his girl in TEH BUTT!

 

[DaRizzle]

Talk to your parents about being the manager of the complex. Collect the rent, call handy man to fix broken stuff . . . and get your rent for free so you can live alone. Once you live by yourself, it's hard to go back.

i pretty much already do that

 

[mook]

i pretty much already do that

You're the super AND you have to share the place to be able to afford it? That seems kind of lame. Tell your parents to nut up and at least cover half the rent on your place.

 

[The Sebastian Express]

1. Has either of them ever ate any of your own personal leftovers?
2. If so, next time they leave something sitting around for more than a day simply eat it. If they freak out about it state: "You've been leaving left overs around the house for <insert time period> and you never eat them. If you're not going to eat them, I'm going to eat them."

If they try to make you pay for eating their left overs simply stay "once you start paying your part of the water and electricity bill."

Alternatively just sit around when they're having their meal. If your roommate complains to you that he wants to be alone with her, simply respond:

1. You've been doing this for <insert time>, and it's my apartment too.
2. Have dinner at her parents house when they aren't there.
3. Go out and have a quiet dinner at a nice restaurant.
4. Kill them.

 

[Charcoal Filtered]

I would not press them on the food. If they want to be independent, so be it. I would definitely confront him about her staying over though and the added expenses it causes. Had a similiar situation with a roommate and it just got worse as I kept ignoring it. Finally blew up one weekend where he was going out of town and I had planned a nice weekend with the GF at the house. Had just cooked a nice meal and sat down to a movie when she comes rolling in. Said he gave her permission to stay since the house reminded her of him. Had to remind her of the 2k mortgage I was paying and that she was not contributing a penny. They moved out not too much longer after that.

I had also found multiple used condoms on the floor next to his bed. We confronted, he asked why I was in there. Told him that first, I was helping his sister use the computer. Second, was reclaiming one of the many cups his GF was leaving up there. Half had mold in them.

On second thought, screw roommates. Live alone unless you piss yourself off.

 

[VanillaGorilla]

just talk to the dude about it